Six Realms Immortal Emperor

Ochi glanced at the items in his hand and looked incredulous, but when he looked at Xu Jingtian more closely, he was even more surprised.

"You kid actually reached the third level of Qi Refining? What a genius!" Xu Jingtian had only been in the sect for a year and a few days, yet he had already reached the third level of Qi Refining. This was something that had never happened before in the Brahma Sect.

While Ochi was so excited, Xu Jingtian didn't find it surprising at all. He knew his own situation best; if it weren't for the help of the prayer beads and his good fortune in encountering the spiritual spring, he wouldn't have been able to cultivate to the third level of Qi Refining so quickly.

"Kid, come here, let me check again!" Ochi said, placing his hand on Xu Jingtian's shoulder.

"Ninety-nine drops!"

Xu Jingtian's dantian contained a staggering ninety-nine drops of spiritual liquid, causing Yue Zhi's hands to tremble in shock.

This is more than the number of ordinary inner disciples, almost matching the number of elite disciples.

The criteria for selecting elite disciples by the Brahma Sect are that they must be able to condense one hundred drops of spiritual liquid in their dantian and have a cultivation level of Qi Refining Level 7 or above.

Xu Jingtian had ten drops of spiritual liquid at the first level of Qi Refining, thirty drops at the second level, and a staggering ninety-nine drops at the third level.

Ochi had been with the Brahma Sect for decades and had seen many geniuses, elite disciples like Yan Gang, and true disciples like Gan Shaohong, but he had never seen anyone as extraordinary as Xu Jingtian. Although they were all very special, they were simply not worth mentioning compared to Xu Jingtian.

"Come on! I'll take you to find that old man!" Without saying a word, Ochi excitedly grabbed him and headed straight for the storage room downstairs.

"Go find Elder Shou Dan again?" A bad feeling immediately arose in Xu Jingtian's heart, but he couldn't resist Yue Zhi's forceful dragging, and followed him to the door of the storage room.

Ochi shouted loudly from inside the stone gate, "Hey, old man! Come out now!"

With a creak, the stone door revealed only a finger-width gap, making it impossible to see what was inside.

An elderly man with a full head of white hair stood behind the door, hunched over, his face very aged.

Xu Jingtian was startled; Elder Shou Dan had aged so much in just a few days.

"What are you doing here again? I told you I won't give you anything until I fulfill my wish, so you might as well give up on that idea." Elder Shoudan's aged voice rang out from inside the door, sounding somewhat impatient.

The sound seemed very ancient and distant, as if it had existed for countless years.

"Hmph! Old man, I think you're nearing your end. Your memory is getting worse and worse! I didn't come here for your damn alchemy techniques. I've found the person you wanted." Ochi said, pushing Xu Jingtian toward the stone door.

With a slight smirk, the old man said dismissively, "Didn't I tell you to wait a little longer? What, did he upset you again, or are you thinking of changing your disciple again?"

"Hmph! This time it's not. Didn't you say that your cultivation method requires a peerless genius to pass it on? This kid in front of you is the one I found for you!" Ochi said with a sinister smile.

"Is he a peerless genius?" The old man was not quite convinced by Ochi's words. He narrowed his eyes and began to stare at Xu Jingtian.

After hearing so much from Ochi and Elder Shoudan, Xu Jingtian seemed to understand a little. This Elder Shoudan was probably an even more skilled alchemy master than Ochi, and Ochi had been trying to extract alchemy techniques from him.

However, Elder Shoudan wouldn't give this alchemy technique to Yuezhi for nothing. In exchange, Yuezhi would have to find an unparalleled genius for Elder Shoudan.

Unfortunately, Xu Jingtian became a peerless genius in Ochi's eyes.

When Elder Shoudan looked at him, that familiar feeling returned. Xu Jingtian felt a chill run through his body, and even the spiritual liquid in his dantian froze. He couldn't escape even if he wanted to.

"Having entered the Brahma Sect for only a year, your cultivation has already reached the third level of Qi Refining, and you can condense ninety-nine drops of spiritual liquid within your body. What else could you be but a peerless genius?" Yue Zhi laughed. "Old man, you can't go back on your word."

"Don't worry, if it really is the person I'm looking for, I can finally have no more worries in this life."

As Elder Shoudan spoke, the stone door opened silently again, and Xu Jingtian was involuntarily sucked inside before it closed again.

However, since it was about imparting the art of alchemy, there was nothing to be afraid of. Xu Jingtian knew that resisting was useless, so he let the suction force pull him to the side of the Elder Guardian of Pills.

"Old man, you'd better pass on all your mental techniques, lest they be lost in the future," Ochi Oki shouted.

"You can go in peace. I know my time is running out," Elder Shoudan said slowly.

Outside the stone gate, Ochi's footsteps gradually faded into the distance.

Elder Shoudan didn't bother to investigate Xu Jingtian's condition or whether it was truly as Yuezhi had said. He simply smiled and looked at him, saying, "Young man, quite impressive. From the first moment I saw you, I had a premonition that we were destined to meet. Today, it seems my premonition was absolutely correct."

Since he was already there, Xu Jingtian suppressed his fear of the elder and thought that perhaps this Elder Shou Dan had good intentions towards him.

"Elder, are you really a master alchemist?" Xu Jingtian asked with some curiosity.

"A master alchemist? Hahaha!" The Elder Guardian of Alchemy laughed, his demeanor completely different from his previous listless state, as if he had become a different person. "That was just a facade!"

"Who is that elder?" Xu Jingtian was surprised that Elder Shoudan would also deceive Yuezhi.

"My identity is best left unmentioned. It's just an empty title. In my hundred years in the Brahma Sect, I've seen through it all," Elder Shou Dan said slowly, then leisurely sat back down in his seat.

"Over a hundred years?" Xu Jingtian asked in surprise, looking at him as if he were a monster. "Excuse me for asking, Elder, how old are you exactly?"

Ordinary people usually live to be around sixty or seventy years old, and those in their eighties or nineties are considered long-lived. It is said that cultivating immortality can prolong life, and this Elder Guardian of the Elixir has actually lived to be over a hundred years old; he is simply an old monster.

"Hehe, I don't even remember how old I am. As people get older, their memories don't go as well. Year after year, I feel like I've been in the Brahma Sect for at least a hundred years. Sometimes, I even feel like I'm already a member of the Brahma Sect."

Elder Shoudan's words were like a bombshell, each sentence shocking Xu Jingtian more than the last.

"Elder, are you not from the Brahma Sect?"

"Of course not. I come from a sacred sect. In my eyes, the Brahma Sect is just a minor sect of immortal cultivation," the old man said with a hint of disdain.

"Ah, a minor cultivation sect?" Xu Jingtian was utterly shocked. The Brahma Sect was currently ranked third among the seven great immortal sects. If this was still considered a minor cultivation sect, then the Elder Guarding the Core must have quite a background.

"Also, which sect is the Holy Gate?"

"Haha, I almost forgot, the Holy Gate is what you cultivators call the Demonic Gate." Elder Shou Dan squinted and laughed.

"The Demonic Sect? You're a disciple of the Demonic Sect?" A chill ran through Xu Jingtian's heart, and he involuntarily took a few steps back, distancing himself from the old man.

Elder Shoudan glanced at him, a hint of disdain on his face: "Hmph, brat, you have nothing to fear. If I wanted to kill you, I could do so with a mere thought, and you'd already be lying on the ground."

Xu Jingtian's thoughts were discovered so quickly that he couldn't help but blush slightly. However, the light here was dim, and he hoped that Elder Shoudan wouldn't see it.

"Immortals and demons have been sworn enemies since ancient times... Then, senior... how did you come to the Brahma Sect?"

Xu Jingtian had a series of questions on his mind, but he didn't know how to address Elder Shoudan.